FAIRFAX


Meaning of FAIRFAX in English

(1612–71)

an English soldier, the most important general on the side of Parliament in the English Civil War . He was responsible for forming the New Model Army and was its first leader. He was made a knight in 1640 and a baron in 1648.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.